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An ESPN profile published before the WNBA All-Star break put Sophie Cunningham's position on transgender athletes in women's sports into the news cycle with force.
Las Vegas Aces forward Brianna Turner publicly defended transgender participation on social media. The Associated Press named the debate one of the major cultural issues heading into All-Star Weekend in Chicago.
Twenty-two All-Stars and Commissioner Cathy Engelbert then spent several days before credentialed media, and no public answer emerged from any of them.
The comments that preceded Chicago The ESPN profile quoted Cunningham saying she wanted to protect young girls in locker rooms and in sport from competing against biological men.
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